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Historic airmail transport - Germany / Federal Republic of Germany 1991 - 165 Pfennig

Designer: Jochen Bertholdt

Historic airmail transport - Germany / Federal Republic of Germany 1991 - 165 Pfennig


Theme: Post & Philately
CountryGermany / Federal Republic of Germany
Issue Date1991
Face Value165.00 
Colorblue
PerforationK 14
Printing TypeMulti-color rotogravure
Stamp TypePostage stamp
Item TypeStamp
Chronological Issue Number1398
Chronological ChapterGER-BRD
SID378217
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The airship LZ 127 was from 1928 one of the largest aircraft in the world dar. It was the result of targeted constructions that began under Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin. He is considered the inventor of named after him rigid airships with all-metal scaffolding, the "Zeppelin". Compared to other airship constructions, its successful. Graf Zeppelin, born in Constance in 1838 and died in Berlin in 1917, is the founder of the "Luftschiffbau Zeppelin GmbH" in Friedrichshafen on Lake Constance. With a length of 248 m and a Traggasinhalt of 190,000 m3, the airship LZ 127 had a campaign radio of 13,000 km. Four diesel engines with a total output of 2646 kW consumed 62.5 t of fuel for this route. The speed was 130 km / h. In addition to 10 tons of water ballast and provisions for 50 passengers, the airship carried 20 tons of mail. With the crash of the "Hindenburg" in 1937, airmail had been put to an end.

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The airship LZ 127 was from 1928 one of the largest aircraft in the world dar. It was the result of targeted constructions that began under Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin. He is considered the inventor of named after him rigid airships with all-metal scaffolding, the "Zeppelin". Compared to other airship constructions, its successful. Graf Zeppelin, born in Constance in 1838 and died in Berlin in 1917, is the founder of the "Luftschiffbau Zeppelin GmbH" in Friedrichshafen on Lake Constance. With a length of 248 m and a Traggasinhalt of 190,000 m3, the airship LZ 127 had a campaign radio of 13,000 km. Four diesel engines with a total output of 2646 kW consumed 62.5 t of fuel for this route. The speed was 130 km / h. In addition to 10 tons of water ballast and provisions for 50 passengers, the airship carried 20 tons of mail. With the crash of the "Hindenburg" in 1937, airmail had been put to an end..